An Iraqi woman has been accused of beating her teenage daughter and padlocking her to a bed after she was seen speaking to a young man.

After Yusra Farhan was arrested in the Arizona hospital where her daughter was being treated for her injuries, she told police she wanted to punish the girl for violating her 'culture'.

Farhan, 50, faces charges of aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest. She was being held in a Maricopa County jail. Police did not identify her daughter by name.

The incident started on Tuesday, when the daughter was spotted by her father talking to a 19-year-old man at a high school parking lot in Phoenix.

Police said her father became angry and took her home, striking her several times.

The mother arrived home later and admitted to hitting her daughter with her hands and a shoe, and tying her to the bed with a rope around her waist that was secured with a padlock, court records showed.

my mother did that to me when I was in high school. I was not allowed to have friends. spent the night of my senior prom babysitting. I did have a date she would not let me go to my own prom and I had to take my little sister to grad night at disneyland too. I do not speak to her today.

Why on earth did “Farhan” leave the wonderful country she came from? She could beat her daughter for talking to a boy in the old country - her husband or brother could even kill the girl. And there would be no objection. Really, why did she come here?

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posted on 02/12/2012 7:13:36 PM PST
by GOPJ
(GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)

I've first hand experience with this. Was in Mesa Verde on 07 and was taking pictures at a look out. Young Muslim girl, about 14-16 years old was next to me looking out over the country side, when a large wild Turkey appeared from the brush. Her father was at the top of the hill watching her like a hawk. She was really excited at seeing a wild turkey. I told her that wild turkeys are all through this area and she would probably see more on the road throughout the park. She wouldn't look at me or acknowledge me. She did turn and look back at her father while I was talking to her. She left almost immediately. She started to walk back up the hill towards her father. The father just gave me a "off with your head" look before turning and heading back to their Mercedes.

“A Lewiston father’s reaction to a text message sent to his daughter from her boyfriend put him in jail briefly Friday.

Lewiston police said the boyfriend texted his girlfriend of several months suggesting, “why don’t you wear something that shows a little cleavage?”

The father, 36, saw the text, went to Lewiston High School, and when the youth arrived, threatened to tell his parents. The father then pulled the teen out of his vehicle and allegedly pummeled him. The man apparently was angered by the youth’s statement that his father probably would just laugh about the situation, Lewiston police Capt. Thomas Greene said.

The younger man was taken for a medical examination but apparently wasn’t seriously injured, Greene said.
The older man was charged with misdemeanor battery and taken to the Nez Perce County Jail, where he was released a few hours later on $300 bond.”

Being the father of two daughters, there’s been a few times I’ve thought about that myself....

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